趣味英语 | cack-handed

【英文解释】clumsy, inept; left-handed

【中文解释】愚笨的，无能的，不称职的；左撇子的

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短语来源

The word cack is an Old English word for excrement or dung. Cachus was Old English for a privy, and both words come from Latin cacare, defecate. The expression cack-handed almost certainly comes from the ancient tradition, which delevoped among people who were mainly right-handed, that one reserved the left hand for cleaning oneself after defecating and used the right hand for eating. At various times this has been known in most cultures. So, to be left-handed was to use the cack hand or be cack-handed.

cack这个词来源于古英语，原意是指排泄物，动物的粪便。而Cachus这个词在古英语是表示厕所的意思。这两个词都是从拉丁语cacare和defecate变形而来的。而cack-handed这个词很大程度上在古代流行开来，是指那些右撇子的人在上完厕所后用左手来清理，而用右手吃饭。这在很多文化里似乎都是如此，所以左撇子的人就被称为cack-handed了。

这只是英语解释，大家千万不要误会哦。广大左右撇子同胞不要掐架哦。

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有例有句

Cack-handed golfers need left-handed clubs.

左手打高尔夫球的人要用左手的球棒。